The Gosford Fire. Young Men Charged With Arson. Evidence for the Defence
The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 6
The trial of the two young men, Frederick Royall and George Hennessey, charged with having on January 27 last broken and entered the dwelling-house of Horace Jephson at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse and juries.) Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. a Double Charge—acquittal. a Gosford Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 6
Frederick Royall and George Hennessey, both young men, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, an January 27 last, at Gosford, broken and entered the dwelling-house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Fire at Toronto
Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 6
LONDON, April 20, 2.10 p.m.-A great fire has occurred at Toronto, many acres in the wholesale business district being destroyed. The damage is estimated at 6,000,000dol (about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 2
The twenty-sixth annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the office of the company, 95 Pitt-street, yesterday, Mr. Robert Kerr,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Coonamble. Coonamble
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4
A fire occurred, at 4 o'clock this morning at Mr. H. G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist's shop. The premises were totally destroyed, and also a billiard-room and office next door,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Destroyed by Fire. Heroic Conduct of Two Surgeons. London, April 19
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 7
St. Vincent's Hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, has been destroyed by fire. The patients, numbering 121, were removed to places of safety…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Terrible Fire. Acres of Buildings Burnt. DAMAGE £1,500,000. LONDON. Wednesday, 2.10 p.m
The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4
A terrible conflagration has occurred in the wholesale business portion of the city of Toronto, in Canada. The Are raged with the utmost fury, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coonamble Fire
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6
A message from Coonamble reads:—"A fire occurred at 4 o'clock last. "Wednesday morning at. Mr. H. G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist's shop. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Temora
Evening News · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 2
TEMORA, Friday.-The residents were awakened by the ringing of the firebell at 1 o'clock this morning, when it was found that the house of Mr. Charles Naylor, commission agent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Creamery
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6
Early this morning a fire broke out in the cool-room of the Lowood Creamery Company. The fire apparently started in the insulating material under the floor, and the charcoal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Country. Fire at Coonamble
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6
COONAMBLE, Wednesday.--A fire started at 4.30 o'clock this morning in Herbert G. Cobbs's stationery and tobacconist department. The flames spread to the hairdressing saloon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Toronto Fire. London
The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 3
Later particulars of the great fire in Toron to state that 130 buildings were destroyed. Six thousand workers have been, rendered idle. The damage is estimated at £13,000,000, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sunday Visitor. "Stop, or I'll Fire!"
The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6
When Mr. Frederick Charles Lee, of Cascade-street, Paddington, went to bed last Saturday, night he little dreamt of the experience, awaiting him next day. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Fire at Toronto. Acres of Buildings Destroyed. Damages Estimated at Thirteen Million Dollars
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A destructive fire has occurred at Toronto. Canada, and devastated many acres of buildings in the wholesale part of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires. Gqulburn
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9
A woolohed belonging to Mr. James Koough, of Bolong River, near Golspie, Taralga district, was, with its contants, including a wool press and a quantity of fodder,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at a Coachbuilders' Workshop
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 10
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the workshop of T. Moore and Son, coachbuiders, 8 Flinders- street, Surry-hills. The outbreak was subdued by the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country News. Fire at Temora. Temora
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9
At about midnight on Thursday, a fire broke out in a building in Lower Hoskins-street, the property, of Mr. Charles Naylor, and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Fire. a False Alarm at Her Majesty's Theatre
The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 7
This morning at 9 o'clock, was heard the clanging of fire-engine bells throughout the city streets. On inquiry the fears of a confiagration…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire! Call to Her Majesty's Theatre. a False Alarm
Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4
Shortly before half-past 9 this morning a call of "Fire!" was received at the M.F.B. headquarters from Her Majesty's Theatre, Pitt-street, and all the city brigades, with engines and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Baltimore Fire Forty Millions Sterling. Two Square Miles of Devastation
The Mosman Mail · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3
On February 9th last the London “Daily Mail” gave the following description of the terrible fire at Baltimore. The entire business portion of the…
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